---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001026655-26-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMT"
cik: "0001026655"
company_name: "CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-05T20:29:41+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T20:34:52.287817+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Core Molding appoints CEO Palomaki to board, new employment agreement with $525k salary

## Summary
- David L. Duvall resigned from board effective June 1, 2026; CEO Eric Palomaki appointed to fill vacancy.
- New Amended Employment Agreement provides base salary of $525,000 and targets 100% STIP / 200% LTIP.
- Initial restricted stock grant of 20,000 shares vests equally over three years.
- Severance for termination without cause or for good reason equals 4x base salary, forfeiting unvested equity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001026655-26-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMT
- cik: 0001026655
- company_name: CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-05T20:29:41+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026655/000102665526000039/0001026655-26-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026655/000102665526000039/cmt-20260605.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001026655-26-000039
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001026655-26-000039.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001026655-26-000039.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Eric Palomaki was appointed as Director at CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board appointed Eric Palomaki, the Company's President & Chief Executive Officer, to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Duvall's resignation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026655/000102665526000039/0001026655-26-000039-index.htm
- Executive change
  David L. Duvall resigned as Director at CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: David L. Duvall resigned from the board of directors (the " Board ") of Core Molding Technologies, Inc (the " Company ").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1026655/000102665526000039/0001026655-26-000039-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.